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Good list for the most part. I'd say our biggest disagreement is the placement of Brother Rice vis-a-vis Catholic Central. We both tended to favor our favorite team in this one. But, let me make an argument for moving Rice up in the rankings, is spite of its 6-3 record. Some would argue a 6-3 team shouldn't be ranked as high as #10. But, you do have Hudsonville at #10 with a 7-2 record, so given the difference in schedule difficulty, there's not much difference between the two.

Here's what I looked at when putting Rice up to 10. They scored more points (27) against Muskegon (#1 team) than any other team. They held DeLaSalle (#3 team) to its lowest margin of victory (2 points) than any team. The beat Catholic Central. Detroit Southeastern, ranked higher than BBR, lost to CC, who lost to Rice. I know comparables are hard to factor in this late in the season. There's always going to be a team ranked higher than one it lost to, given upsets that frequently occur. I also believe that record does matter, but it just isn't everything. Also, I tend to reward a team with a better record, even though I realize that team would not beat a team ranked lower. Thus, my ranking of St. Joseph higher than Brother Rice or many other teams for that matter. Fordson and Grand Ledge get their rankings because of their 9-0 records, but I'll take Dakota, CC or Rockford over a Grand Ledge in a head-to-head in the playoffs.

I may not agree with others in your final ranking, but it's the positions of CC and BBR that I disagree with most. You can't just go on record, particularly when they played each other and played several common opponents. In just about every instance, BBR fared better than CC in those matchups. How can CC be ranked #15 and BBR ranked # 28? Rice's winning percentage was higher (.666 vs .625) and it's very possible that if CC had played nine games, with a non-conference schedule as difficult as Rice's, they might not have even made the playoffs. Add a tough OK Red team or a good out-of-state team and CC could be looking at a 5-4 record.

I would still rank CC, as I did, for the same reasons you did, I just don't feel they belong being ranked above BBR.

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